OCEANSIDE
This fall, the last American troops will leave Afghanistan, ending a 20-year war that involved tens of thousands of troops who trained and deployed from Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton.
Since the 200-square-mile military base was established along the northern border of Oceanside in 1942, the city has had a strong and symbiotic relationship with the Marine Corps.
But the Corps’ economic impact on the Oceanside economy has gradually declined. Over the past two decades, the city’s fast-expanding tourism industry has outpaced the military as the primary driver of business.
Longtime Oceanside merchants and residents say the city’s downtown area now is nothing like it was in October 2001, when the first troops deployed to Afghanistan. In the years since then, downtown’s last strip club and the rowdiest of its bars have all been replaced by restaurants, high-end condominiums and hotels.
By PAM KRAGEN | The San Diego Union-Tribune | Published: May 17, 2021 (Tribune News Service) This fall, the last American troops will leave Afghanistan, ending a 20-year war that involved tens of thousands of troops who trained and deployed from Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton. Since the 200-square-mile military base was established along the northern border of Oceanside, Calif., in 1942, the city has had a strong and symbiotic relationship with the Marine Corps. But the Corps economic impact on the Oceanside economy has gradually declined. Over the past two decades, the city s fast-expanding tourism industry has outpaced the military as the primary driver of business in the city.
OCEANSIDE (KUSI) – The Parent Association announced it will be holding a rally in support of parents wanting an immediate return to a full-time, five-day-a-week schedule of in-person instruction in the Oceanside Unified School District.
The rally will take place on Tuesday, May 11th, 2021 at 9am, at the District Headquarters of Oceanside Unified. The next scheduled Board Meeting for Oceanside Unified will start at 6pm that same day.
Ally Mineau, co-director of the Oceanside chapter of the Parent Association, joined Good Morning San Diego and says “this has gone on long enough. They’ve had over a year to plan, they’ve got plenty of money to make it safe, and yet our Board continues to ignore what is best for our kids and robbing them of their right to in-person education to the greatest extent possible.”
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CITY COUNCILS
CARLSBAD
The Carlsbad City Council will meet at 3 p.m. Tuesday to give final approval to a request for tax relief for Taylor Made Golf Company and Callaway Golf Company. The council will also discuss ways to form an independent redistricting commission. An amendment will be considered to reconfigure Open Space zoning boundaries on the West Oaks property to accommodate emergency access and preserve habitat areas southwest of Palomar Airport Road and Palomar Oaks Way. The council will continue to address its goal work plans; will discuss COVID-19 economic recovery actions; and will hear a presentation by the Palomar Airport Advi